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History

1894

discovered by F. Fawcett, former Superintendent of Police whilst exploring the Wayanad Mountains.

Description

The two caves located at a height of 1000m on Ambukutty Mala near
Ambalavayal and can only be accessed via by a 1 km trek trail from
Edakkal. Edakkal literally means 'a stone in between'. It is a
prehistoric rock shelter formed naturally by three huge boulders one of
which rests upon the other two, forming the roof.

The Edakkal rock art is equal to any prehistoric cave paintings in
Europe. The paintings include stars, bows, knives, palms etc. together
with drawings of human and animal figures with peculiar head-dresses and
swastika forms and other geometric symbols.